American naturalist. The first white Christian ever to enter the forbidden city of Lhasa in Tibet. A friend and confidant of the world‐trotting Theodore and Kermit Roosevelts, master of the now nearly defunct game of kings — court tennis — and naturalist par excellence, Mr. Cutting brought back to the United States more nearly extinct species than perhaps any other individual of his era. he nevertheless returned to the forbidden city of Lhasa a second time in 1935, two years after his first visit, so that his wife could honor the first invitation ever received by a white woman to visit the home of the Dalai Lama. Mr. Cutting served in the Army in both World Wars, as a lieutenant colonel in World War II. Before the second, he was instrumental in organizing the American Committee for Defense of British Homes, sending thousands of rifles, guns and helmets to Britain for use in civil defense. His first wife, the former Helen McMahon, who accompanied Mr. Cutting on his second expedition to Tibet in 1937, died in 1961. Later he married Mrs. Mary Pyne Filley.
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
American naturalist. The first white Christian ever to enter the forbidden city of Lhasa in Tibet. A friend and confidant of the world‐trotting Theodore and Kermit Roosevelts, master of the now nearly defunct game of kings — court tennis — and naturalist par excellence, Mr. Cutting brought back to the United States more nearly extinct species than perhaps any other individual of his era. he nevertheless returned to the forbidden city of Lhasa a second time in 1935, two years after his first visit, so that his wife could honor the first invitation ever received by a white woman to visit the home of the Dalai Lama. Mr. Cutting served in the Army in both World Wars, as a lieutenant colonel in World War II. Before the second, he was instrumental in organizing the American Committee for Defense of British Homes, sending thousands of rifles, guns and helmets to Britain for use in civil defense. His first wife, the former Helen McMahon, who accompanied Mr. Cutting on his second expedition to Tibet in 1937, died in 1961. Later he married Mrs. Mary Pyne Filley.
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
